LifeDoor Smart Home Fire Safety Device Now on Kickstarter

LifeDoor was one of my top picks from CES 2018, so it’s is fantastic to see that this innovative – potentially life saving device – has made it to Kickstarter. The concept is simple: if there’s a fire, it closes the door for you. Blocking smoke and heat from the room. Like many people, I hate sleeping with the door closed, and I’m terrible at accessing risk. So something like this is a fantastic way to have my cake…

Pricing per unit hovers around the $100 price for the Z-Wave model (there’s also a non-Z-Wave model which is ~$10 less) we were quoted at CES for backers, but if you get in quickly you can grab one of the super-early-bird slots for $89.

LifeDoor™ Launches Kickstarter Campaign

Firefighter invented smart home device, which integrates with existing smoke detectors to automatically close interior doors in the event of a fire, launches crowdfunding.

(BELLINGHAM, WA) – When LifeDoor officially launched last year, a fast-moving swell of interest underscored the need to get the lifesaving device into the hands of consumers quickly. Building on that momentum, co-founders Joel Sellinger and Ben Docksteader are taking the patent-pending technology from prototype to production through a Kickstarter campaign which is live now.

The concept behind LifeDoor springs from Sellinger’s experience as a firefighter, combining top-of-mind fire safety awareness with smarthome technology. It is designed to close interior doors when triggered by a building’s existing smoke detectors, illuminate the room, sound a secondary alarm and can notify users via a mobile app.

“Abundant research, as well as my own on-the-job observation, points to closing your bedroom door as one of the most important things you can do in the event of a fire if you can’t exit the home,” Sellinger, also a parent, explained. “LifeDoor is the first smart home device to automate this process at a non-commercial level, so families can Sleep Safely -meaning one less thing to worry about.”

This research prompted the UL Firefighter Safety Research Institute’s 2017 “Close Before You Doze” campaign. Research data from UL shows closing a door can block hundreds of degrees of heat plus the deadly smoke and toxic gas from a fire – a lifesaving difference. This makes LifeDoor a timely solution to the unique dangers of modern fires.

“LifeDoor solves a real problem,” Sellinger said. “It can and will literally save lives. This Kickstarter campaign will give our supporters a chance to get the product at a discount and help us take this lifesaving device to the next level”